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The Torch Song Jessica Rabbit sings in Who Framed Roger Rabbit is called Why Don’t You Do Right, (Peggy Lee covered the song in 1950.) The song was originally recorded in 1936 by a group called the Harlem Hamfats. and the title was Weed Smoker’s Dream. So now you know

The greatest asset of a company is its people.

We here at ACME hope that you’re enjoying your last hot dog and ice cold beer of the summer today, (hopefully you’re using ACME Split Buns to slip your ACME Snappy Weinie – The Almost 100% all beef frank (but hey don’t ask what the other stuff in it is) – in our well butteredContinue reading “The greatest asset of a company is its people.”

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower

September is the ninth month of the year, which is why its name is derived from the Latin Septem, meaning seven. (We have previously addressed this problem last month; see August, the Sixth Month.) On the French Revolutionary calendar, September is known as Vendémiaire (vintage,) and in Dutch, September is “the begining of autumn“, Hertmaand.Continue reading “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower”

You Can’t Take It with You premiered

September 1, 1938 – Frank Capra bounced back from the disastrous reviews of Lost Horizon, released the previous year, with You Can’t Take It with You, which opened in NYC on this date. Shortly before filming began, Lionel Barrymore lost the use of his legs to crippling arthritis and a hip injury. To accommodate him,Continue reading “You Can’t Take It with You premiered”

Sorry Wrong Number premiered

September 1, 1948 – Paramount released the Anatole Litvak noir classic, Sorry Wrong Number, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster, opened on this date. Barbara Stanwyck found that sustaining that level of emotion all week long and then going home on the weekend was a draining experience. “Five days I was handling it, starting theContinue reading “Sorry Wrong Number premiered”

Rattle big black bones in the danger zone …

September 1, 1983 – Island Records released the eighth studio album by singer and songwriter Tom Waits, Swordfishtrombones, on this date. Swordfishtrombones moves away from conventional piano-based songwriting towards unusual instrumentation and a somewhat more abstract and experimental rock approach.

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? premiered

August 31, 1966 –A forgotten Blake Edward’s comedy, What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?, written by William Peter Blatty and starring James Coburn and Dick Shawn, opened on this date. Harry Morgan played Major Potts who becomes comically nonsensical in this movie. In the third season of the TV series MASH, he playedContinue reading “What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? premiered”

C.H.U.D. premiered

August 31, 1984 –The sci-fi film C.H.U.D. (cannibalistic humanoid underground dwellers) directed by Douglas Cheek, and starring John Heard, Daniel Stern, and Christopher Curry, opened on this date. An urban legend in 1985 suggested that this was based on a true story that happened in Cincinnati in the 1970s. In 2011, as an April Fool’sContinue reading “C.H.U.D. premiered”

Are you coming quietly, or do I have to muss ya up?

August 31, 1946 – Warner Bros. introduced Foghorn Leghorn and the Barnyard Dawg, when the Merrie Melodies cartoon Walky Talky Hawky, (directed by Robert McKimson,) premiered on this date. Foghorn Leghorn was closely based on Sen. Claghorn, a blustery, windbag Southern politician on radio’s The Fred Allen Show -played by Allen’s announcer Kenny Delmar –Continue reading “Are you coming quietly, or do I have to muss ya up?”

Here I am again in this mean old town

August 31, 1985 –Dire Straits’ album, Brothers In Arms, started a nine-week run at No.1 on the US album charts on this date. The album also topped the charts in 25 other countries and went on to sell over 20 million worldwide. The title of the album was inspired by the Falklands War, which wasContinue reading “Here I am again in this mean old town”